Twelve of the Thirteen Colonies sent delegates to the First Continental Congress in 1774.
The congress met in Philadelphia from September 5 to October 26, 1774, as colonial leaders responded to the Intolerable Acts and the worsening dispute with Great Britain. Georgia was the only colony that did not send representatives to this first gathering.
The meeting included 56 delegates. The assembly adopted the Continental Association, which organized a boycott of British goods, and sent a petition to King George III. Its actions helped establish coordinated intercolonial resistance.
Georgia later joined the revolutionary movement and sent delegates to the Second Continental Congress. This is why the first congress is described as representing twelve colonies even though the political crisis involved all thirteen British colonies in North America.